Basileios was the son of unknown parents. The date and place of his birth have not been found.
He died on 06 APR 1340. The place is not known.
His wife was Eirene Palaiologina, who he married in 1335. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
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| Death | 6 APR 1340 |
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| Nobility Title | emperor of Trebizond |
Note 1
son of Emperor Alexios II of Trebizond and his wife Djiadjak Jaqeli
Note 2
When his elder brother Andronikos III assumed the throne in 1330 and killed two of his brothers (Michael and George), Basil managed to escape to Constantinople. After the death of Andronikos III, during the reign of his infant son, Manuel II, the pro-Byzantine party at Trebizond called Basil from Constantinople to take the throne. In August 1332 Manuel was deposed and intended for a monastery, while Basil was crowned emperor. Basil purged the court of his brother and nephew's supporters (which included the megas doux Lekes Tzatzintzaios and his son the megas domestikos Tzambas), but the man he appointed as the new megas doux, John the Eunuch, revolted in favor of the deposed Manuel. The revolt was crushed and to prevent further trouble the child was murdered in 1333, probably on Basil's order.